Vitaly Vorotnikov

Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov (20 January 1926-19 February 2012) was Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia from 3 October 1988 to 29 May 1990, succeeding Vladimir Orlov and preceding Boris Yeltsin.

Biography
Vitaly Vorotnikov was born in Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on 20 January 1926, and he worked at an aircraft manufacturing plant during World War II. After the war, Vorotnikov graduated from the Kuybyshev Aviation Institute in 1954 with an engineering degree, and he served as chairman of the CPSU committee at his plant from 1950 to 1960. Vorotnikov was involved in the politics of Kuybyshev Oblast and Voronezh Oblast as a CPSU party official, and he served as ambassador to Cuba from 1979 to 1982. From 1983 to 1988, he presided over the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, and he also served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia from 1988 to 1990. He died in 2012 at the age of 86.